Adjustable bracket for clotheslines



Oct. 11,1927.

H. S. LEGG ETT ADJUSTABLE BRACKET FOR CLOTHESLI NES Original Filed May 24, 1926 INVENTOR Janry 6. Laggeii BY ATTORNEY Patented Get. 11, 1927.

UNITED STATES HENRY S. LEGGETT, OF BROOKLYN, NEVJ' YORK.

ADJUSTABLE BRACKET FOR CLOTHESLTNES.

Application filed May 24, 1926, Serial No. 111,087. Renewed August 24, 1927.

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A further object of the invention is the provision of an improved clothesline device of simple construction, and novel arrangement of parts.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in wh ch the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1, of the drawing, is a perspective view of my improved clothesline device, as it would appear when in position to be used.

Fi 2 is a side elevational view of the operating mechanism as used in connection with my improved clothesline deyice'.

Fig. 3, is a front elevational viewthereof.

Fig. at, is a fragmentary perspective view of the tubular member.

Fig. 5, is a side elevational v ew, )artly in section, so as to expose certain interior parts, of the self adjusting pulley as used in connection with my improved clotheshne device.

Fig. 6, is a front elevational viewthereof.

Fig. 7, is a fragmentary perspect ve view of the operating mechanism illustrating a modification thereto.

As here embodied my improv d clothesline device comprises an operating mechanism, consisting of a support 10, or bracket, having a threaded extremity 11, and a vertically disposed element 12, adapted to rotatively support a hollow cylindrical member 13. The pulley 14s, is rotatively mounted in the sheave 15, such as is common to pulleys used to support clotheslines, and the like, and is pivotally attached, as at 15, to a support 16 attached to the extremity of the supporting shaft 16, provided with a handle element 1'7, and is slidably mounted in the tubular member 17, provided with an elongated slot 18, extending from one extremity of the tubular member 17 inward therefrom through the enlarged extremity 18 of the tubular member 17, as at 19,

longitudinally thereto, and transversely thereto, as at 20, any suitable distance, and having bayonet slots 19 suitably formed and intercommunicat-ive with the elongated slot 18, adapted to engage a suitably projecting element 20, of the supporting shaft 16, so as to hold the said supporting shaft in any desired extended position therefrom. The tubular member 17, has attachedthereto, extended members 21, which are also attached to the hollow cylindrical member 13, so as to rigidly support the tubular member 17. A frame is provided, consisting of a block 23 rigidly attached to the above mentioned 7 support 10. Said block has attached thereto, as at 24, by screws, bolts, or the like, a U-shaped bracket 25. The U-shaped bracket extends from the sides of the block 23 and is adapted to support, as shown at 26, one extremity of a pin 26; the other end of the pin 28 being supported'bythe block 23 as indicated by the numeral The said pin 26 is adapted to engage notches 22 located in the rod 22. The operating rod 22, is pivotally attached, at one extremity, as at 2'7 to one of the extended members 21, and is provided with a handle 27, located at the other extremity thereof. 7

It should be understood that with the above described construction the operating rod 22 may be manipulated to swing the pulley '14: through the window into the house to permit the end of the clothesline 28, to be swung inward so that clothes or the like, may be easily and readily attached to or removed from the said clothesline 28, by a person standing atthe window 29. It being understood that the support 10, is attached to the frame 30, of the window 29, by means of the above mentioned threadedextremity 11.

The clothesline 28, is also extended over the pulley 31 rotatably mounted in the sheave 32 rigidly attached to the arm 33 which is pivotally attached, at its upper extremity, as at 34C to the pin 35, attached to the support case 36, of box-like construction, so as to protect the pulley 31 and the connected parts from the rain. The support case 36, has suitably attached thereto, coil spring 37, of the tension type, which is also attached to the arm 33, so as to permit the pulley 31, to pivot or swing forward, when the above mentioned pulley 14 is swung, in the manner as above described and set forth.

The support case 36 is pivotally attached, as at 38, to the vertically extended element 39 of the support pin 40, provided with a threaded extremity 41, as a means of pivotal'ly attaching the support case 36, to any suitable and convenient object i2, clothes pole, or the like. The latter described construction being such as will permit the, support case 36 to pivot, as may be required when the handle 27,is manipulated as above set forth, so as not to disengage the clothesline 28, with the pulleys 14 and 31. It will be clearly understood that the coil spring 87, has the necessary tension to hold my improved clothesline device, in the position as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing. r

Referring in particular to Fig. 7, of the accompanying drawing in which I haveillustrated a. modification of myimproved device the coil s rin 43C 15 DOSltJOnGCl over i the operating rod 22, and is located between the block 23, and the extended member 21,

to which the operating rod 22 is pivotally connected, so as to normally hold the pulley 14: in an extendfi l position, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and so as to relieve the required tension of the coil spring 37. The pin 44 is slidably mounted in theblock 23', andis adapted to engage apertures 45, suitably located in the operating rod 22, so as to hold the pulley 1a in any desired position, as may be required" when attaching or re- 7 moving clothes or the like from the clothes line 28. v p 1 Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is as follows I 1. In a clothesline supporting mechanism of the class described,a bracketcomprising a substantially vertical support, a substantially vertical hollow cylindrical member journaled on said support, a'tubular member rigidly mounted on 'saidjho'llow cylindrical member in spaced relation thereto, said tubular member being provided with a longitudinally extending slot and a plurality of bayonet slots communicating therewith,

and a shaft slidably mounted in said tubujournaled on said support, a tubular member rigidly mounted on said hollow cylindrical member in spaced relation there-to, a shaft slidably mounted in said tubular member adapted to be extended from one end thereof, a pulley mounted on the end of said shaft, a frame mounted on said bracket comprising a'block, a catch thereon, and an operative lever pivotally connected with said' tubular member and slidably mounted on said block and having notches therein adapted to engagesaid catch, said operatinglever being adapted to be manipulated for rotating said vertical cylindrical member, said tubular member and shalt in unison to position said pulley within a window.

In testimony whereof I have atlixed my signature.

HENRY s. LEGGETT. 7 

